September 4, 2018
Comments Off on Products claim would have become negligent maintenance case – $800,000 Settlement
Decedent was a contractor who died in a workplace incident in a large factory in Southwest Virginia. What initially looked like a products liability case against the manufacturer of the machine that failed turned into a case against the factory ...
Tagged with: Settlement Wrongful Death
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August 17, 2018
Comments Off on Family lost three members in tractor-trailer wreck – $2 Million Settlement
A family lost its mother, father and grandmother in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer. The driver was alleged to have lost control in rainy conditions on a downhill grade killing all instantly. The driver consistently denied his negligence. There ...
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August 10, 2018
Comments Off on Family lost three members in tractor-trailer wreck – $2 Million Settlement
A family lost its mother, father and grandmother in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer. The driver was alleged to have lost control in rainy conditions on a downhill grade killing all instantly. The driver consistently denied his negligence. There ...
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July 30, 2018
Comments Off on Fetal death claim not limited to mother
Six years after the General Assembly created a cause of action for the wrongful death of a fetus, a Virginia circuit judge has ruled that the mother is not the only family member that can claim damages under the law. ...
Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David A. Oblon Virginia Circuit Courts Wrongful Death
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July 27, 2018
Comments Off on Woman killed while walking through store parking lot – $3.5 Million Settlement
Plaintiff, a 48-year-old female married with two children, was a customer at a store in Northern Virginia. The plaintiff had exited the store and was walking towards the parking lot using a marked pedestrian crosswalk. An operator of a Ford ...
Tagged with: Judge Gerald Bruce Lee Judge Michael C. Allen Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death
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June 18, 2018
Comments Off on Man, stopped for traffic, killed in rear-ender – $1.45 Million Settlement
Plaintiff’s decedent, a 60-year-old divorced man survived by his adult daughter, was fatally injured in an auto collision on one of the many Tidewater bridge crossings. Decedent, driving an old model sedan with a rear-mounted gas tank, was stopped for ...
Tagged with: Judge Robert S. Brewbaker Jr. Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death
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May 21, 2018
Comments Off on Northern Neck wrongful death case settles for $4M – $4 Million Settlement
On the night of Aug. 10-11, 2017, two friends, Graham McCormick and J. Randolph “Rand” Hooper went for a boat ride on Carter’s Creek in Lancaster County. The boat belonged to Rand’s father, Gary Hooper, who had given Rand permission ...
Tagged with: Judge Michael C. Allen Million-Dollar Settlements Richmond Circuit Court Wrongful Death
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April 23, 2018
Comments Off on Truck hit guardrail, left debris on highway, two killed – $845,000 Settlement
On April 1, 2014, a Nova Express tractor-trailer driven by Phillip Emiabata d/b/a Nova Express drove off the northbound travel lanes of I-81 in Wythe, crashed through the guardrail and came to rest on its side in the left southbound ...
Tagged with: Judge Diane McQuade Strickland Judge Robert S. Ballou Settlement U.S. District Court - Western District Wrongful Death
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April 13, 2018
Comments Off on Loaded dump truck killed pregnant woman in wreck – $4.05 Million Settlement
This was a vehicular accident at a highly traveled intersection controlled by traffic signals. This accident involved a large, loaded dump truck weighing approximately 64,000 lbs. which struck a passenger car and killed a young woman who was approximately nine ...
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April 2, 2018
Comments Off on Woman killed by ‘tailswing’ of log on turning logging truck – $1.2 Million Settlement
Decedent’s vehicle was found pointing north in the median separating the northbound and southbound lanes of Route 29 south of Lynchburg. There was an approximately 8-foot section of pine log protruding from the windshield that appeared to have broken off. ...
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